# Found this while sorting through some bulk I bought... **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** general-board, upccc-archive\ **Created:** [July 14, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178 "2015-07-14T19:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![patriotsfan117](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/patriotsfan117/32/379_2.png) [@patriotsfan117](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/patriotsfan117)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/1 "2015-07-14T19:21:24Z")
![](http://i.imgur.com/E4Pq9Y3.png) Sorry for the blurry pic. My backup camera stinks lol. Any idea if this adds value to it? Either way, I may just keep it because it looks cool. ---
**Author:** ![soulwind](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/soulwind/32/292_2.png) [@soulwind](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/soulwind)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/2 "2015-07-14T19:39:17Z")
It looks like half the card was sun bleached but maybe some of the experts will chime in. ---
**Author:** ![pwavy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pwavy/32/247653_2.png) [@pwavy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pwavy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/3 "2015-07-14T19:40:21Z")
It’s definitely unique. Any idea if it could be sun damage rather than a printing problem? I wouldn’t know how to tell the difference. Either way, it’s pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![patriotsfan117](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/patriotsfan117/32/379_2.png) [@patriotsfan117](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/patriotsfan117)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/4 "2015-07-14T19:43:43Z")
> [@pwavy](#): > > It’s definitely unique. Any idea if it could be sun damage rather than a printing problem? I wouldn’t know how to tell the difference. Either way, it’s pretty cool. I’m not sure, which is why I hope someone on here would be able to tell. Definitely, the border looks cool now lol. ---
**Author:** ![pwavy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pwavy/32/247653_2.png) [@pwavy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pwavy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/5 "2015-07-14T19:50:33Z")
> [@patriotsfan117](#): > > > [@pwavy](#): > > > > It’s definitely unique. Any idea if it could be sun damage rather than a printing problem? I wouldn’t know how to tell the difference. Either way, it’s pretty cool. > > I’m not sure, which is why I hope someone on here would be able to tell. Definitely, the border looks cool now lol. The fact that the line goes perfectly across seems like it could be a printing problem. It seems a little unlikely to me that part of the card was sitting out in the sun with something blocking perfectly perpendicular. ---
**Author:** ![patriotsfan117](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/patriotsfan117/32/379_2.png) [@patriotsfan117](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/patriotsfan117)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/6 "2015-07-14T19:55:17Z")
> [@pwavy](#): > > > [@patriotsfan117](#): > > > > I’m not sure, which is why I hope someone on here would be able to tell. Definitely, the border looks cool now lol. > > The fact that the line goes perfectly across seems like it could be a printing problem. It seems a little unlikely to me that part of the card was sitting out in the sun with something blocking perfectly perpendicular. Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. But you never know with some people lol. ---
**Author:** ![fourthstartcg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/fourthstartcg/32/163893_2.png) [@fourthstartcg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/fourthstartcg)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/7 "2015-07-14T20:17:46Z")
@darkrai should be an expert on this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![jkanly](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jkanly/32/368_2.png) [@jkanly](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jkanly)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/8 "2015-07-14T20:39:58Z")
I’m leaning towards it being an authentic misprint. The printers they used were six-color including Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow. It appears that both Magenta and Yellow were lost and only Cyan remained. Sunlight would dull all the colors, but would not remove purple from the card. This is especially true if the black and cyan colors are still crisp below the color line. Only other possibility is perhaps some type of chemical. the type of printers used simply would not have run out of two colors at the exact same spot on the sheet. It IS possible that the printer might have double fed another sheet over the top of the magenta and yellow process. Maybe someone more familiar with full sheet misprints/errors can chime in to confirm. @thecharizardauthorty ---
**Author:** ![TCAGaming](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/tcagaming/32/317_2.png) [@TCAGaming](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/TCAGaming)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/9 "2015-07-14T22:06:57Z")
I do not know a ton about this kind. If it was a sun issue, it must have been trapped in a way that would completely block the sun off the top half - like being used for a bookmark in something not read often haha. Does the lightning energy have any hint of yellow to it? ---
**Author:** ![snap](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/snap/32/2622_2.png) [@snap](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/snap)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/10 "2015-07-14T22:20:44Z")
My brother had some cards in a plastic pocket he left in his room for ages, a few of his cards got sun damage like this as cards were sitting on top of each other. Not saying it’s not a misprint but sun damage in straight lines is definitely possible. ---
**Author:** ![null\_user](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/null_user/32/97793_2.png) [@null\_user](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/null_user)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/11 "2015-07-14T22:23:04Z")
Send it to PSA and see what they say! ---
**Author:** ![patriotsfan117](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/patriotsfan117/32/379_2.png) [@patriotsfan117](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/patriotsfan117)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/12 "2015-07-14T22:57:32Z")
> [@darkrai](#): > > Looks like sun damage to me as well. > > The colors are washed out and there are hues of yellow left in the card. That´s an indicator that the card was printed with the color(s) and those were partially bleached out at a later point. > > Also, if ink runs out halfway, it will never be in a straight line like that. > > Don´t have an image of a Pokemon card at hand but look at these examples: > > ![](http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/bnocenti/3Misprints-2.jpg) > > ![](http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff281/twol84/usea.jpg) The guy’s face… Haha. Awesome, thanks for clearing that up! At any rate, it’s still something cool to look at. Probably the coolest looking Fossil card I have lol. ---
**Author:** ![acebren](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/acebren/32/400_2.png) [@acebren](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/acebren)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/13 "2015-07-15T00:45:01Z")
i got a few of these cards in a bulk lot i bought, sun damage i’d say ---
**Author:** ![omahanime](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/omahanime/32/391_2.png) [@omahanime](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/omahanime)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/14 "2015-07-15T02:45:46Z")
Sun damaged. It looks just my sun damaged test card. ---
**Author:** ![patriotsfan117](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/patriotsfan117/32/379_2.png) [@patriotsfan117](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/patriotsfan117)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/15 "2015-09-04T04:16:32Z")
> [@thorgene](#): > > Send it to PSA and see what they say! Alright, so since I was still a bit curious, I decided to listen to your advice. I guess PSA didn’t think it was altered (intentionally or not), since they graded it without any issue. I’ll upload pics tomorrow once the cards arrive here 😊 ---
**Author:** ![KingPokemon](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/kingpokemon/32/283_2.png) [@KingPokemon](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/KingPokemon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/16 "2015-09-04T04:41:38Z")
> [@TCAGaming](#): > > I do not know a ton about this kind. If it was a sun issue, it must have been trapped in a way that would completely block the sun off the top half - like being used for a bookmark in something not read often haha. > > Does the lightning energy have any hint of yellow to it? Congrats brother on finally becoming a Charmeleon (100 posts) lol. ---
**Author:** ![null\_user](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/null_user/32/97793_2.png) [@null\_user](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/null_user)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/17 "2015-09-04T05:20:40Z")
> [@patriotsfan117](#): > > > [@thorgene](#): > > > > Send it to PSA and see what they say! > > Alright, so since I was still a bit curious, I decided to listen to your advice. I guess PSA didn’t think it was altered (intentionally or not), since they graded it without any issue. I’ll upload pics tomorrow once the cards arrive here 😊 oh wow, can’t wait to see em! ---
**Author:** ![patriotsfan117](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/patriotsfan117/32/379_2.png) [@patriotsfan117](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/patriotsfan117)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/18 "2015-09-04T17:47:58Z")
> [@thorgene](#): > > > [@patriotsfan117](#): > > > > Alright, so since I was still a bit curious, I decided to listen to your advice. I guess PSA didn’t think it was altered (intentionally or not), since they graded it without any issue. I’ll upload pics tomorrow once the cards arrive here 😊 > > oh wow, can’t wait to see em! > **SPOILER: Click to show** > > ![Here you go.](http://i.imgur.com/1y1aP0l.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![null\_user](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/null_user/32/97793_2.png) [@null\_user](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/null_user)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/19 "2015-09-04T18:18:39Z")
> [@patriotsfan117](#): > > > [@thorgene](#): > > > > oh wow, can’t wait to see em! > > > **SPOILER: Click to show** > > > > ![Here you go.](http://i.imgur.com/1y1aP0l.jpg) LOL thats great! At least they don’t think the cards been altered! ---
**Author:** ![patriotsfan117](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/patriotsfan117/32/379_2.png) [@patriotsfan117](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/patriotsfan117)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/found-this-while-sorting-through-some-bulk-i-bought/13178/20 "2015-09-04T19:48:25Z")
> [@charizardbase](#): > > Is it possible for just the writing for the bottom half of the card to be sunfaded but not the border? I have 3 uncommon fossil cards of Ghastly,Sandslash, and Omastar with faded writing they don’t look fake. If you want pictures I can take some. I think I also got a light border sandslash card as well. I am not sure. Feel free to post the pics, I’m sure one of the other members here might be able to help give you a better answer than I can 😊